Who do you miss most on holiday? For women, it’s their dogs
Skyscanner should perhaps change its name to Skypoller for the number of surveys they do with their customers – but every now and then – okay, call me four-legged biased – one comes along that hits home.This latest survey says that women miss their dogs more than their partners, friend or fam [...]
#wit2013 social enterprise: Phare turns Cambodian street kids into artists
I met Dara Huot the weekend I was in Siem Reap, right after I had watched Phare, The Cambodian Circus. I was curious to find out the background of the circus as well as the man who'e been charged with turning the circus into a self-sustainable social enterprise. After hearing his story, I invited h [...]
#witroadshow: Malaysians love to explore own country, travel to cure Monday blues
A survey on travel trends by Google among Malaysians reveals they enjoy holidaying within the country, and tend to have oversea breaks closer to home. Marc Woo, Partnership Lead, Travel and Tourism, Google (pictured right), in his presentation at the WIT Hospitality Workshop in Kuala Lumpur last w [...]
Imagine pop stars giving fans a virtual hug …
So in case you’re wondering more about the Ring-U project by Professor Adrian David Cheok and his team at Mixed Reality Lab at Keio Media University, Tokyo ... (article here)The project took about eight months to put together. It uses a Bluetooth 4.0 connection to smartphones, vibration motors [...]
The Barbell Effect: The rise of the consuming class in APAC
A new class of people – the “consuming class” – is making its appearance in the APAC region, and this will bring fundamental changes to both the upper and lower ends of the travel market.This Barbell Effect, the fourth factor identified in the Amadeus report,“Shaping the future of travel i [...]
Career development features high on employees’ agenda
ACI, specialist recruitment, executive search and professional training firm, ACI, in its recently released 2013 Asia Pacific Travel/Hospitality Industry Salary Report, reveals that 66% of the respondents rate career progression as “extremely important” or “very important”.While the importan [...]
The Wrap: Singaporean travellers just wanna have WiFi in the sky
In the news: Singapore travellers want WiFi in he sky, travelmob new events section, Wego partners European LCCs, OTAs join RDXSingaporean travellers just wanna have WiFi in the skyWiFi tops the list of half of the 1,000 Singapore’s travellers’ most-wanted in-flight entertainment in a new resear [...]
Anatomy of a half-baked social media disaster – or was it the best publicity ever?
Perhaps you’ve heard of Amy’s Baking Company Baking Boutique & Bistro – and not just because the name is a mouthful. In recent hours, the company has quickly escalated its reputation from being a feature on Gordon Ramsey’s Kitchen Nightmares to being the social media crisis that launch [...]
Travellers in Asia lead surge to online bookings
The second AsiaRooms.com Traveller Confidence Index, which surveyed 25 countries, revealed the following global travel trends.Travel and spending patterns – Singapore and other Asian travellers lead in online accommodation bookingsIn the past 12 months, travellers in Asia proved most inclined to [...]
In The Company of Women: Don’t Flip The Bozo Bit
At Microsoft, there’s a saying ‘flipping the bozo bit’. Bits are binary – they can either be on or off. So the saying describes the moment when a person loses credibility completely… and with it, their career.In my first few months at Microsoft, I was useless. The product I was supposed [...]
